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South Sudan: new nation, new conflict

( Updated: 07/24/2014 )

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A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier (c.) sings next to traditional dancers during celebrations marking the third anniversary of South Sudan's independence, in Juba, July 9, 2014. South Sudan's president called on rebels to resume peace talks as the country marked its third birthday with celebrations overshadowed by fighting that has killed thousands and brought it to the verge of famine. Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

Men carry bags of sorghum before food distribution in Minkaman, Lakes State, June 27, 2014. About 94,000 people have sought refuge in Minkaman after fighting broke out in neighbouring states, according to the International Organization for Migration. According to OCHA, at least 3.8 million people are facing alarming food insecurity and around 1.5 million people have been displaced by conflict. Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

Contestants prepare during the 'Beauties of South Sudan' beauty contest in Juba, July 13, 2014. Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

Kick-boxers take part in a practice session at a sports center in Juba, July 11, 2014. Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

Maymona, 28, from Sudan sits on a bed at her home in Juba, South Sudan, June 8, 2014. Maymona is from Sudan's Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state. The state remained part of Sudan after the secession of the South three years ago, and has been the scene of clashes between rebels and the Sudanese military. Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

A soldier gestures after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recaptured the Daldako area May 20, 2014. The SAF recaptured the area, east of the South Kordofan state capital of Kadogli, from rebels. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

A South Sudanese girl, who has been displaced by the fighting, wears headphones in a camp for displaced persons in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Tongping in Juba, February 19, 2014. Thousands of people have been killed and more than 800,000 have fled their homes since fighting began two months ago, triggered by a power struggle between President Kiir and Machar, his former deputy whom he sacked in July. Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

Two men from anti-government forces are seen in the compound of the Malakal hospital in the town of Malakal, Upper Nile State, which is currently held by anti-government forces, March 4, 2014. Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

Rebel fighters walk in a rebel-controlled territory in Upper Nile State February 15, 2014. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Displaced boys lying on the mattress outdoors where they sleep react with laughter upon realizing they are being photographed, at a UN compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan. The fighting in the world’s newest country has left thousands of its youngest citizens either orphans or separated from their parents. Ben Curtis/AP

A falcon scavenges for scraps as a woman cleans fish at the banks of Sobat river in Upper Nile State, February 10, 2014. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A displaced woman hangs up laundry to dry on the plastic sheeting wall of a latrine, at a UN compound in the Jebel area on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, Dec. 31, 2013. Anti-government rebels took control of nearly all of the strategic city of Bor even as officials announced that representatives from the government and the rebels had agreed to hold talks for the first time. Ben Curtis/AP

A displaced South Sudanese woman carries a plastic jerry can with water in the UN camp that has become home to thousands of displaced people in Malakal, South Sudan. Ilya Gridneff/AP

One of the few to have a mosquito net, a displaced family who fled the recent fighting by boat across the White Nile, sit under it after waking up in the morning in the town of Awerial, South Sudan, Jan. 2, 2014. Ben Curtis/AP

Displaced people who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor, prepare to sleep in the open at night in the town of Awerial, South Sudan, Jan. 1, 2014. Ben Curtis/AP

Civilians fleeing violence seek refuge at the UNMISS (United Nations Mission in South Sudan) compound in Bor, capital of Jonglei state, in South Sudan, Dec. 18, 2013. Less than three years after its creation, the world's newest country is beginning to fracture along ethnic lines in violence that has killed hundreds of people and what could come next, some warn, is ethnic cleansing. Hailemichael Gebrekrstos/UNMISS/AP

Displaced people do their daily chores at a UN compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan, Dec. 29, 2013. Nearly 65,000 internally displaced people live in camps within the country two weeks after violence broke out in the capital along with a spiraling series of ethnically-based attacks. Ben Curtis/AP

An internally displaced child looks on at the vicinity of an African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) base near Labado, South Darfur December 9, 2013. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

South Sudanese people take part in a peace march organized by civil society groups in the capital Juba, South Sudan, Jan. 8, 2014. Officials in Ethiopia say peace talks for South Sudan are stalled over the issue of political prisoners, describing the talks as "on and off" after the special envoy of a bloc of East African countries flew to South Sudan to speak about political detainees. Ali Ngethi/AP

A man prepares to pump water into a tank for use by displaced people at Tomping camp in Juba, where some 15,000 people who fled their homes are sheltered by the UN, January 7, 2014. James Akena/Reuters

A woman waves South Sudan's national flag as she celebrates referendum results in Abyei October 31, 2013. Permanent residents of the disputed Abyei region overwhelmingly voted to join South Sudan in a symbolic referendum that could antagonize heavily armed Arab nomads who drive their livestock through the area and claim it for Sudan. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A man from Dinka tribe holds his AK 47 rifle in front of cows in a Dinka cattle herders camp near Rumbek, capital of the Lakes State in central South Sudan December 14, 2013. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A man from the Dinka Ngok cattle-herding tribe walks in a cattle camp, near the town of Abyei October 30, 2013. Abyei officials welcomed a push by the African Union to involve the UN Security Council in helping plan a referendum to resolve a dispute in the remote border region. Thousands of residents in the region took part in a three-day vote whose result will be non-binding but would indicate whether Abyei wants to join Sudan or South Sudan. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

An elderly man walks out of a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei October 28, 2013. Residents of the remote and disputed Abyei border region pressed ahead with their own referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan, despite warnings it could trigger violence in the volatile area. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A southern Sudanese man dons a shirt made of the new national flag during the Republic of South Sudan's first national soccer match in the capital of Juba on July 10. The game, played against Kenya, comes just one day after South Sudan declared its independence from the north following decades of costly civil war. Pete Muller/AP

A US Special Forces trainer conducts a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) during an exercise in Nzara on the outskirts of Yambio November 29, 2013. Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

An internally displaced vender recharges cell phones near the vicinity of a African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) base near Labado at South Darfur December 10, 2013. According to the UNAMID, due to the armed clashes that broke out in April 2013 between armed movements and the Government of Sudan forces, most of the local residents were relocated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Nyala, South Darfur, and others to East Sudan. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

Former South Sudan Vice President, Riek Machar (l.) President of South Sudan Salva Kiir, arrive during a press conference in Juba, South Sudan, 2010. Soldiers loyal to a former vice president attempted to overthrow the government of South Sudan, as sporadic fighting between factions of the military gripped the capital in the latest violence to hit the world's youngest nation. Pete Muller/AP

Women from the north and the south wait for transport in Khartoum April 30, 2012. Tens of thousands of South Sudanese working in the north lost their jobs after the split and are waiting to return to South Sudan. About 500,000 are now technically illegal because they lack official residency papers. /Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

A monkey runs before the beginning of a rehearsal of the Independence Day ceremony in Juba, 2011. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

An artisan miner displays raw gold nuggets at an excavation site in Namorinyang, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan, November 28, 2013. Adriane Ohanesian/Reuters

Women hold crosses as they march during a rehearsal of the Independence Day ceremony in Juba, South Sudan, on July 7. South Sudan splits away from the north on July 9 to create the world's newest nation after southerners voted for secession under terms of a peace deal reached in 2005 to end a north-south civil war. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Wounded veterans of the southern Sudan People's Liberation Army march during a rehearsal for independence celebrations in Juba, 2011. Pete Muller/AP

A red carpet is seen during the independence ceremony of the Republic of South Sudan in Juba, on July 9, 2011. South Sudan officially became the 193rd country in the world after voting to secede from Sudan in January. Andrew Burton/AP

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Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services arrested at least nine peaceful student protesters in Khartoum last week, and the government has yet to acknowledge the arrests, reports guest blogger Tracy Fehr.